Mostly ideal candidates don’t know how to sell themselves, and the ‘not so ideal’ ones sometimes know exactly how to..<\/p>\n
Ideal candidates are good with technical skills, they know the’re stuff and are passionate about it<\/p>\n
Since they spend more time polishing their skill, might not be as great communicators or leaders<\/p>\n
Hence don’t know how to sell, and are difficult to find and persuade<\/p>\n
Not so ideal ones lack technical skills, and sometimes make it up by being good at selling<\/p>\n
They know how to up-sell and might be good communicators as well<\/p>\n
They come up easily in the net, but can be hard to fish out,<\/p>\n
And, IMHO, can be equally destructive for your team<\/p>\n
So the trick I use is to stick to the few fundamental traits\/skills only, and do not compromise on them.<\/p>\n
Tomorrow I’ll talk about the candidates I call ‘unicorns’. Want to guess..?<\/p>\n<\/div>